Nvidia has acquired a $5 billion stake in Intel—roughly 5 percent of the company. "For personal computing, we're going to create new Intel x86 SoCs that integrate Nvidia GPU chiplets, fusing the world's best CPU and GPU, to redefine the PC experience," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on an investor call following the announcement.
The announcement made headlines and for good reason. This alliance will create a monster that Intel and Nvidia's competitors—namely, AMD and Qualcomm—will struggle to defeat.
A chip alliance that can't be beat
The development of a chip that fuses Intel x86 cores with Nvidia RTX graphics will be a huge deal for all the obvious reasons.
Nvidia rules PC graphics with an iron fist, but currently lacks an integrated graphics play. That's created a few safe spaces—like portable gaming laptops and gaming handhelds like the Steam Deck—where Nvidia's advantages are irrelevant.
It also provides an even playing field between Intel and AMD CPUs in high-end laptops, where said CPUs are paired with Nvidia's discre
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